Should School Superintendents pay be limited?

State Senator Cindy O’Laughlin of northeast Missouri’s Shelbina wants to put a limit on how much money a K-12 school superintendent can make. Under a bill she has pre-filed, total pay could not exceed 3.5 times the average total compensation provided to all certified, full-time teachers employed by their district.

Whether the savings would be required to be re-invested into teacher pay is unknown. Missouri has about 551 public and charter schools and about 70,000 teachers.